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TORONTO – Ryan Cochrane secured a berth for the world championships and Pan Am Games on Friday with a win in the men’s 400-metre freestyle at the Canadian swimming trials. The two-time Olympic medallist clocked a time of three minutes and 47.50 seconds for the fifth-fastest time in the world this year. He beat out […]

MONTREAL – Skip Schumaker drove in two runs with a double in the eighth inning as the Cincinnati Reds downed the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 before 46,314 fans at Olympic Stadium in exhibition baseball on Friday night. For a second straight year, fans flooded into the Big O for pre-season Jays baseball, many for the […]

The Rangers and Devils rarely have had as little impact on each other’s seasons as they did in 2014-15. Source:: Daily News

TOLEDO, Ohio – In a story March 28 about legislation dealing with Lake Erie algae, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Adam Rissien of the Ohio Environmental Council said the bill didn’t include use of chemical fertilizers on farm fields. Rissien said the legislation addressed when manure and chemical fertilizers should be applied to fields, […]

HONOLULU, Hawaii – Scientists hoping to see 13 billion light years away, giving them a look into the early years of the universe, are facing opposition from Native Hawaiian groups who say the construction site of a new telescope is on sacred land. On Friday, a Native Hawaiian leader called on the state and the […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Next in the way of Kentucky’s perfect season: Frank the Tank and his fun-loving band of Wisconsin teammates. Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky and the Badgers were so loose they were giggling on the podium during their interviews Friday, answering questions about what they eat (Kaminsky likes omelets with syrup on top), […]

SAN DIEGO – The California attorney general says a San Diego man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for operating a “revenge porn” website and charging victims to remove the images. Attorney General Kamala Harris said Friday that Kevin Bollaert’s sentence shows there are severe consequences for exploiting people online. Bollaert was convicted […]

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Jeremy Smith stopped all 37 shots he faced as the Providence Bruins helped their playoff chances with a 3-0 shutout of the St. John’s IceCaps on Friday night in American Hockey League action. Rob Flick and Ben Sexton both scored late in the first period to open the scoring for the […]

Florida State cornerback P.J. Williams was arrested on a DUI charge early Friday, but before he was, Williams had a message for the police. Source:: Daily News

President Obama and top aides launched an aggressive sales pitch Friday in a bid to line up support for a landmark nuclear deal with Iran. Source:: Daily News

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Minnesota Twins spent $55 million on Ervin Santana to bring some much-needed talent and experience to their beleaguered starting rotation. Now, thanks to an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance, the Twins will be without their biggest off-season acquisition for half the season. And their pitching staff […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Former Major League Baseball pitcher Jamie Moyer got stuck on a ride at Disneyland and lived to tweet about it. Moyer was briefly stuck on the California Screamin’ attraction Friday and tweeted a photo of himself waiting on the roller coaster. The caption says, “Not sure what is more difficult, pitching in […]

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames recalled centre Sam Bennett from the Ontario Hockey League’s Kingston Frontenacs on Friday. Bennett, a native of Holland Landing, Ont., was the Flames’ first-round pick (fourth overall) in the 2014 NHL draft. The 18-year-old played 11 regular-season games for Kingston this year, amassing 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists) and […]

SEATTLE – Finally cleared of involvement in her roommate’s 2007 murder in Italy, Amanda Knox says she will work on behalf of the wrongly convicted. Knox, 27, wrote in a letter published Friday in The Seattle Times (http://is.gd/60SJWa ) that the kindness of friends, family and strangers has sustained her in the seven-plus years since […]

The former Patriots running back left the Jets facility Friday morning without a deal, according to sources. Source:: Daily News

Tiger Woods ended all that speculation about his game by letting everyone see for themselves. He said Friday he will play next week in the Masters. Golf’s biggest attraction and four-time Masters champion played two practice rounds at Augusta National this week before a simple announcement on his website that he would end his two-month […]

WASHINGTON – Food boxes strewn across the floor. The espresso machine constantly buzzing in the background. Sleepless nights punctuated by long talk sessions in different rooms on different floors. Physicists occasionally catnapping, heads on table. No, this wasn’t a college cram session for a major exam. It was the scene at one of Switzerland’s finest […]

MONTREAL – For old times sake, Russell Martin took the subway to Olympic Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays catcher went to the Big O often with his father Russell Sr. to watch Montreal Expos games as a boy and he wanted to relive the experience prior to Toronto’s pre-season game Friday night against the Cincinnati […]

South Shore was right there with Dillard, the No. 1 seed in the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals, for the first three quarters. Source:: Daily News

CALGARY – The Calgary Flames recalled centre Sam Bennett from the Ontario Hockey League’s Kingston Frontenacs on Friday. Bennett, a native Holland Landing, Ont., was the Flames’ first-round pick (fourth overall) in the 2014 NHL draft. The 18-year-old played 11 regular-season games for Kingston this year, amassing 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists) and had […]